Global History & Geography for 14-15 Yr olds USA) (Thomas Caswell)
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Thomas describes this database: "This 800+ term glossary is based on the New York State curriculum for 9th and 10th grade social studies. Called "Global History and Geography," this curriculum culminates in a high-stakes Regents examination that all students must pass in order to graduate and earn a high school diploma."
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nomadA person who belongs to a group of people who move from place to place seasonally in search of food and water. |
Northwest PassageMythical water route from the northeast region of North America to the Pacific Ocean. Many people during the Age of Exploration searched for this route that does not exist. However, the search resulted in the discovery of much of the northeast region of North America by the Europeans. |
Nuclear FamilyA family unit consisting a mother, father and their children. |
nuclear weaponsWeapons in which the explosive potential is controlled by nuclear fission or fusion. |
Nuremburg TrialsWar crime trials held in Nuremburg after World War II to try the surviving Nazis concerning the Holocaust, aggressive war making, mistreatment of prisoners among other things. |
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occupation (military)The control of one country by another through the stationing of military troops and military government. |
Old ImperialismA European policy of conquest that occurs in the 15th through 18th centuries in Africa, India, the Americas, and parts of Asia The motives were the same for most areas, the establishment of lucrative trade routes. Various European countries dominated these trades routes and one time or another, and a some countries, such as Great Britain and Spain, came to dominate entire countries. |
Old Kingdom(2575 BCE 2134 BCE) Period in ancient Egyptian history characterized by the building of the Great Pyramids at Giza. |
Old TestamentThe first half of the Christian Bible, that describes the creation of the world, the history of ancient Israel, the Ten Commandments, and contains the Psalms and the prophetic books. Also is the Hebrew Torah. |
OligarchyGovernment by a few, especially by a small fraction of persons or families. |